All sections · Part XII: Continuation
217 Continuación fuera de las Seychelles
This section has been amended. The text above is the 2016 wording; the amending provisions follow.
(1) Sujeto a la subsección (2) y a sus estatutos, una compañía respecto a la cual el Registrador emitiría un certificado de vigencia bajo esta Ley puede, por resolución de los directores o por resolución ordinaria, continuar operando como una compañía constituida bajo las leyes de una jurisdicción fuera de Seychelles en la forma prevista por dichas leyes.
(2) Una sociedad que continúe como sociedad extranjera no dejará de ser una sociedad constituida conforme a esta Ley a menos que
(a) ha pagado todas sus tasas y cualquier sanción o multa pagadera en virtud de esta Ley;
(b) las leyes de la jurisdicción extranjera permiten dicha continuación y la Compañía ha cumplido con dichas leyes;
(c) en su caso, la declaración mencionada en el apartado (3)
se presentó en el Registro;
(d) la notificación y la certificación exigidas en el apartado (4)
se ha presentado en el Registro; y
(e) que el Registrador haya emitido un certificado de cese de actividad de la Sociedad de acuerdo con el apartado (5).
(3) Cuando una empresa que desea continuar como empresa extranjera tiene una carga registrada con respecto a la propiedad de la empresa según la sección 1.
181, presentará una declaración escrita dirigida al Registrador por la mayoría de sus administradores en la que se indique que -.
(a) se ha presentado y registrado una notificación de satisfacción o liberación con respecto a la carga en virtud del artículo 183;
(b) si no se ha cumplido el párrafo (a), la parte garantizada a la que se refiere la deuda inscrita ha sido notificada por escrito de la intención de continuar con la empresa como empresa extranjera y la parte garantizada ha dado su consentimiento o no tiene ninguna objeción a la continuación; o
(c) si no se ha cumplido el párrafo (a) y la parte garantizada no ha dado su consentimiento o su no objeción expresa a la continuación después de la notificación en virtud del párrafo (b), el interés de la parte garantizada garantizado por la deuda inscrita no se verá disminuido o perjudicado de ninguna manera por la continuación y la deuda se considerará como un pasivo en el sentido de la sección 218(a).
(4) Una empresa que continúe como empresa extranjera deberá presentarla en el Registro -.
(a) una notificación de continuación de la empresa en la forma aprobada; y
(b) a efectos de determinar el cumplimiento del apartado (2) (b), un certificado escrito (o un extracto del mismo certificado por el agente registrado de la Sociedad(d) ) dirigido al Registrador, por
(i) la mayoría de los directores de la empresa; o
(i) un abogado admitido y cualificado en la jurisdicción fuera de las Seychelles en la que la Sociedad va a continuar, que certificará que las leyes de la jurisdicción extranjera permiten dicha continuación y que la Sociedad ha cumplido con dichas leyes.
(5) Si el Registrador está convencido de que se cumplen los requisitos de esta Ley en relación con la continuación de una empresa bajo la ley de un Estado extranjero, el Registrador deberá
a) expedir un certificado de cese de actividades de la empresa en el formulario aprobado;
(b) eliminar el nombre de la empresa del registro de ECI con efecto a partir de la fecha del certificado de disolución; y
(c) publicar la baja de la sociedad en el Diario Oficial.
(6) Un certificado de cese y desistimiento emitido en virtud de la subsección (5) será una prueba prima facie de que-.
(a) se cumplan todos los requisitos de esta Ley relativos a la continuación de una empresa bajo la ley de una jurisdicción extranjera; y
(b) la empresa ha sido abandonada en la fecha indicada en el certificado de disolución.
(7) Nada de lo contenido en el apartado (3), o de lo que se haga en virtud del mismo, impide a una parte garantizada entablar una acción judicial contra la empresa.
(2) Una sociedad que continúe como sociedad extranjera no dejará de ser una sociedad constituida conforme a esta Ley a menos que
(a) ha pagado todas sus tasas y cualquier sanción o multa pagadera en virtud de esta Ley;
(b) las leyes de la jurisdicción extranjera permiten dicha continuación y la Compañía ha cumplido con dichas leyes;
(c) en su caso, la declaración mencionada en el apartado (3)
se presentó en el Registro;
(d) la notificación y la certificación exigidas en el apartado (4)
se ha presentado en el Registro; y
(e) que el Registrador haya emitido un certificado de cese de actividad de la Sociedad de acuerdo con el apartado (5).
(3) Cuando una empresa que desea continuar como empresa extranjera tiene una carga registrada con respecto a la propiedad de la empresa según la sección 1.
181, presentará una declaración escrita dirigida al Registrador por la mayoría de sus administradores en la que se indique que -.
(a) se ha presentado y registrado una notificación de satisfacción o liberación con respecto a la carga en virtud del artículo 183;
(b) si no se ha cumplido el párrafo (a), la parte garantizada a la que se refiere la deuda inscrita ha sido notificada por escrito de la intención de continuar con la empresa como empresa extranjera y la parte garantizada ha dado su consentimiento o no tiene ninguna objeción a la continuación; o
(c) si no se ha cumplido el párrafo (a) y la parte garantizada no ha dado su consentimiento o su no objeción expresa a la continuación después de la notificación en virtud del párrafo (b), el interés de la parte garantizada garantizado por la deuda inscrita no se verá disminuido o perjudicado de ninguna manera por la continuación y la deuda se considerará como un pasivo en el sentido de la sección 218(a).
(4) Una empresa que continúe como empresa extranjera deberá presentarla en el Registro -.
(a) una notificación de continuación de la empresa en la forma aprobada; y
(b) a efectos de determinar el cumplimiento del apartado (2) (b), un certificado escrito (o un extracto del mismo certificado por el agente registrado de la Sociedad(d) ) dirigido al Registrador, por
(i) la mayoría de los directores de la empresa; o
(i) un abogado admitido y cualificado en la jurisdicción fuera de las Seychelles en la que la Sociedad va a continuar, que certificará que las leyes de la jurisdicción extranjera permiten dicha continuación y que la Sociedad ha cumplido con dichas leyes.
(5) Si el Registrador está convencido de que se cumplen los requisitos de esta Ley en relación con la continuación de una empresa bajo la ley de un Estado extranjero, el Registrador deberá
a) expedir un certificado de cese de actividades de la empresa en el formulario aprobado;
(b) eliminar el nombre de la empresa del registro de ECI con efecto a partir de la fecha del certificado de disolución; y
(c) publicar la baja de la sociedad en el Diario Oficial.
(6) Un certificado de cese y desistimiento emitido en virtud de la subsección (5) será una prueba prima facie de que-.
(a) se cumplan todos los requisitos de esta Ley relativos a la continuación de una empresa bajo la ley de una jurisdicción extranjera; y
(b) la empresa ha sido abandonada en la fecha indicada en el certificado de disolución.
(7) Nada de lo contenido en el apartado (3), o de lo que se haga en virtud del mismo, impide a una parte garantizada entablar una acción judicial contra la empresa.
Translation for information only. Only the English original is legally binding.
Original wording (English, legally binding): Continuation outside Seychelles
(1) Subject to subsection (2) and to its memorandum or articles, a company
for which the Registrar would issue a certificate of good standing under
this Act may, by a resolution of directors or by ordinary resolution,
continue as a company incorporated under the laws of a jurisdiction
outside Seychelles in the manner provided under those laws.
(2) A company that continues as a foreign company does not cease to be a
company incorporated under this Act unless —
(a) it has paid all its fees and any penalty or fine required to be paid
under this Act;
(b) the laws of the foreign jurisdiction permit such continuation and
the company has complied with those laws;
(c) where applicable, the declaration under subsection (3) has been
filed with the Registrar;
(d) the required notice and certificate under subsection (4) has been
filed with the Registrar; and
(e) the Registrar has issued a certificate of discontinuance of the
company under subsection (5).
(3) Where a company that wishes to continue as a foreign company has a
charge registered in respect of the property of the company under section 181, it shall file a written declaration by a majority of its directors
addressed to the Registrar specifying that —
(a) a notice of satisfaction or release in respect of the charge has
been filed and registered under section 183;
(b) where paragraph (a) has not been met, the chargee to whom the
registered charge relates has been notified in writing of the
intention to continue the company as a foreign company and
the chargee has given its consent or has no objection to the
continuation; or
(c) where paragraph (a) has not been met and the chargee, after
notification under paragraph (b), has not given its consent or
expressed non-objection to the continuation, the chargee‘s
interest secured by the registered charge shall not be diminished
or in any way compromised by the continuation and the charge
shall operate as a liability to which section 218(a) applies.
(4) A company that continues as a foreign company shall file with the
Registrar —
(a) a notice of the company‘s continuation in the approved form; and
(b) for the purposes of establishing compliance with subsection
(2)(b), a written certificate (or extract thereof certified by the
company‘s registered agent) addressed to the Registrar by —
(i) a majority of the company‘s directors; or
(ii) a lawyer qualified and entitled to practice law in the
jurisdiction outside Seychelles in which the company is
to be continued,
certifying that the laws of the foreign jurisdiction permit such
continuation and that the company has complied with those laws.
(5) If the Registrar is satisfied that the requirements of this Act in respect of
the continuation of a company under the laws of a foreign jurisdiction
have been complied with, the Registrar shall —
(a) issue a certificate of discontinuance of the company in the
approved form;
(b) strike the name of the company off the Register of International
Business Companies with effect from the date of the certificate
of discontinuance; and
(c) publish the striking off of the company in the Gazette.
(6) A certificate of discontinuance issued under subsection (5) is prima facie
evidence that —
(a) all the requirements of this Act in respect of the continuation of
a company under the laws of a foreign jurisdiction have been
complied with; and
(b) the company was discontinued on the date specified in the
certificate of discontinuance.
(7) Nothing contained in or done pursuant to subsection (3) shall operate as
a bar to any legal action a chargee may be entitled to in law against the
company.
for which the Registrar would issue a certificate of good standing under
this Act may, by a resolution of directors or by ordinary resolution,
continue as a company incorporated under the laws of a jurisdiction
outside Seychelles in the manner provided under those laws.
(2) A company that continues as a foreign company does not cease to be a
company incorporated under this Act unless —
(a) it has paid all its fees and any penalty or fine required to be paid
under this Act;
(b) the laws of the foreign jurisdiction permit such continuation and
the company has complied with those laws;
(c) where applicable, the declaration under subsection (3) has been
filed with the Registrar;
(d) the required notice and certificate under subsection (4) has been
filed with the Registrar; and
(e) the Registrar has issued a certificate of discontinuance of the
company under subsection (5).
(3) Where a company that wishes to continue as a foreign company has a
charge registered in respect of the property of the company under section 181, it shall file a written declaration by a majority of its directors
addressed to the Registrar specifying that —
(a) a notice of satisfaction or release in respect of the charge has
been filed and registered under section 183;
(b) where paragraph (a) has not been met, the chargee to whom the
registered charge relates has been notified in writing of the
intention to continue the company as a foreign company and
the chargee has given its consent or has no objection to the
continuation; or
(c) where paragraph (a) has not been met and the chargee, after
notification under paragraph (b), has not given its consent or
expressed non-objection to the continuation, the chargee‘s
interest secured by the registered charge shall not be diminished
or in any way compromised by the continuation and the charge
shall operate as a liability to which section 218(a) applies.
(4) A company that continues as a foreign company shall file with the
Registrar —
(a) a notice of the company‘s continuation in the approved form; and
(b) for the purposes of establishing compliance with subsection
(2)(b), a written certificate (or extract thereof certified by the
company‘s registered agent) addressed to the Registrar by —
(i) a majority of the company‘s directors; or
(ii) a lawyer qualified and entitled to practice law in the
jurisdiction outside Seychelles in which the company is
to be continued,
certifying that the laws of the foreign jurisdiction permit such
continuation and that the company has complied with those laws.
(5) If the Registrar is satisfied that the requirements of this Act in respect of
the continuation of a company under the laws of a foreign jurisdiction
have been complied with, the Registrar shall —
(a) issue a certificate of discontinuance of the company in the
approved form;
(b) strike the name of the company off the Register of International
Business Companies with effect from the date of the certificate
of discontinuance; and
(c) publish the striking off of the company in the Gazette.
(6) A certificate of discontinuance issued under subsection (5) is prima facie
evidence that —
(a) all the requirements of this Act in respect of the continuation of
a company under the laws of a foreign jurisdiction have been
complied with; and
(b) the company was discontinued on the date specified in the
certificate of discontinuance.
(7) Nothing contained in or done pursuant to subsection (3) shall operate as
a bar to any legal action a chargee may be entitled to in law against the
company.
Amended since 2016
Act 32 of 2021 · 2021-08-02
41. Section 217 of the principal Act is amended —
(i) in subsection (2) —
(A) by repealing paragraph (c), and substituting therefor
the following paragraph —
“(c) the filings required under subsections (2A) and
(3) have been made to the Registrar's
satisfaction; and”;
(B) by repealing paragraph (d);
(ii) by inserting after subsection (2), the following subsections —
“(2A) A company that continues as a foreign company
shall file with the Registrar —
(a) a notice of the company's continuation
outside Seychelles in the approved form;
(b) a certified copy of the certificate of
continuation or equivalent document issued
in respect of the company by the
appropriate authority of the foreign
jurisdiction in which the company has been
continued;
(c) where applicable, the declaration under
subsection (3) ; and
(d) for the purposes of establishing compliance
with subsection (2)(b), a written certificate
or extract thereof certified by the company's
registered agent addressed to the Registrar
by a majority of the company's directors or a
lawyer qualified and entitled to practice law
in the jurisdiction outside Seychelles in
which the company is to be continued,
certifying that the laws of the foreign
jurisdiction permit such continuation and
that the company has complied with those
laws.
(2B) If a company has commenced an application
under this section to continue as a company outside
Seychelles and confirmation thereof is required by a foreign
registrar for the purposes of enabling the company to continue
as a foreign company, the Registrar may issue a letter
confirming that the company has commenced an application
to continue as a company outside Seychelles, provided that
such letter shall also state that the company's discontinuance
in Seychelles will only be completed on filing with the
Registrar the documents required under subsections (2) (2A)
and (3), including a certified copy of the certificate of
continuation or equivalent document issued in respect of the
company by the foreign registrar.”;
(iii) by repealing subsection (4).
(i) in subsection (2) —
(A) by repealing paragraph (c), and substituting therefor
the following paragraph —
“(c) the filings required under subsections (2A) and
(3) have been made to the Registrar's
satisfaction; and”;
(B) by repealing paragraph (d);
(ii) by inserting after subsection (2), the following subsections —
“(2A) A company that continues as a foreign company
shall file with the Registrar —
(a) a notice of the company's continuation
outside Seychelles in the approved form;
(b) a certified copy of the certificate of
continuation or equivalent document issued
in respect of the company by the
appropriate authority of the foreign
jurisdiction in which the company has been
continued;
(c) where applicable, the declaration under
subsection (3) ; and
(d) for the purposes of establishing compliance
with subsection (2)(b), a written certificate
or extract thereof certified by the company's
registered agent addressed to the Registrar
by a majority of the company's directors or a
lawyer qualified and entitled to practice law
in the jurisdiction outside Seychelles in
which the company is to be continued,
certifying that the laws of the foreign
jurisdiction permit such continuation and
that the company has complied with those
laws.
(2B) If a company has commenced an application
under this section to continue as a company outside
Seychelles and confirmation thereof is required by a foreign
registrar for the purposes of enabling the company to continue
as a foreign company, the Registrar may issue a letter
confirming that the company has commenced an application
to continue as a company outside Seychelles, provided that
such letter shall also state that the company's discontinuance
in Seychelles will only be completed on filing with the
Registrar the documents required under subsections (2) (2A)
and (3), including a certified copy of the certificate of
continuation or equivalent document issued in respect of the
company by the foreign registrar.”;
(iii) by repealing subsection (4).
